Religion

Sister Patricia Dougherty, OP
Professor of History, Department of Humanities
dougherty@dominican.edu
415-257-0154

• The French Catholic Press during the July Monarchy (1830-1848)

• Women and religion

• World Religions

• Psychology of Religion

• Science and Religion

• Buddhism

• Christianity

• Religious Pluralism

Philip Novak took his undergraduate degree in English from the University of Notre Dame in 1972, and his M.A and Ph.D. degrees in Religion from Syracuse University in 1981. He joined the Dominican faculty in 1980 and is currently a Sarlo Distinguished Professor in the graduate Humanities and in the undergraduate Philosophy and Religion programs. He has published over thirty articles and reviews in scholarly and popular journals, and is the author of "The World's Wisdom," an anthology of the sacred texts of the world's religions (HarperSanFrancisco 1994), "The Vision of Nietzsche" (Vega, 1996), "Buddhism: A Concise Introduction" (co-authored with Huston Smith, HarperSanFrancisco 2002), and the editor of "The Inner Journey: Views from the Buddhist Tradition" (Morning Light, 2005).

Program Lead, Social & Cultural Studies
Department of Humanities
415-482-3545
Scott@dominican.edu

• Native Americans

• Islam

Arthur Kane Scott  teaches social/cultural studies and history courses specializing in non-Western traditions/societies including Islam, India, East Asia, Latin America. He is currently taking the lead in bringing the wisdom of Native Americans to the Dominican campus. He has developed a series of online courses for Berkeley on America/World/Islamic studies. Mr. Scott is very active with the Latino Film Festival and the Diversity Action Group as ways to broaden the Dominican educational experience. In 2002, he was chosen and Teacher of the Year.

Memberships: Marin Inter-Faith, Latino Film Festival, International Association of Sufism.